Lorenzo Magrassi obtained his Medical Degree summa cum laude from the University of Pavia (1988) where he later completed his Residency in Neurosurgery (1993). He is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery in the Department of Clinical Surgical Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences and Research Associate to IGM-CNR (Institute of Molecular Genetics of CNR) in Pavia. During his career he has been a visiting scientist, research associate or fellow at the following institutions: Department of Biology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl (USA); Department of Neuroscience, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo (USA); MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (UK); Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wa (USA); and Department of Neurosurgery UCSF, San Francisco, CA (USA). Professor Magrassi's main clinical interests are brain tumor surgery and functional neurosurgery and his scientific interests are focused on biology and therapy of malignant gliomas, neurophysiology and therapy of disorders of consciousness and the neurobiological basis of language and writing.